A/RES/67/186. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2012

• Resolution Number: A/RES/67/186
• Session: 67th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/67/186

General Assembly Distr.: General

12 March 2013

Sixty-seventh session

Agenda item 103

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/458)]

67/186. Strengthening the rule of law and the reform of criminal

justice institutions, particularly in the areas related to

the United Nations system-wide approach to fighting

transnational organized crime and drug trafficking

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 66/102 of 9 December 2011, entitled “The rule of law

at the national and international levels”, in which it reaffirmed its commitment to

the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international

law, which are indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just

world, and reiterated its determination to foster strict respect for them and to

establish a just and lasting peace all over the world,

Stressing

the importance of a well-functioning, efficient, effective and humane

criminal justice system as the basis for a successful strategy against transnational

organized crime, corruption, terrorism, drug trafficking and other forms of trafficking,

Greatly concerned

by the negative impact of organized crime on human rights,

the rule of law, security and development, as well as by the sophistication, diversity

and transnational aspects of organized crime and its links with other criminal and, in

some cases, terrorist activities,

Recognizing

the importance of the rule of law to all areas of engagement

within the United Nations system, and noting with appreciation the progress made

in ensuring coherence and coordination of activities to support the rule of law, in

cooperation with the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group, while

recognizing the different mandates of different United Nations entities,

Recalling

Economic and Social Council resolutions 2004/25 of 21 July 2004,

2005/21 of 22 July 2005 and 2006/25 of 27 July 2006 on strengthening the rule of

law and the reform of criminal justice institutions, as well as the assistance activities

of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme in that area,

including in post-conflict reconstruction, and aware of the leading role of the

Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat, among other entities, in

providing assistance to countries in post-conflict situations,